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A Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi) is a series of multi-coloured woodblock prints (nishiki-e) by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92). Published by Akiyama Buemon between 1885 and 1892, the 100 Moon-themed prints feature various Japanese and Chinese historical events, mythology, and folklore.

holding back the night

with its increasing brilliance

the summer moon

– Yoshitoshi's death poem

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  100 Aspects of the Moon #7, "Inaba Mountain Moon". The young Toyotomi Hideyoshi leads a small group assaulting the castle on Inaba Mountain (1885).
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3		Rising moon over Mount Nanping (Nanpeizan shogetsu)	Scene from the Chinese novel The Romance of the Three Kingdoms shows Cao Cao (150-220 AD), at the time the most powerful ruler in northern China, standing in a small boat, overlooking the Yangtze River. If the crows flying towards the moon bring good news - as they in Asia often do - they are bringing it somewhere else. After several brilliant victories, Cao Cao was defeated in the year 208, in the decisive battle of Chibi (The battle of the Red Cliffs) on the Yangtze. Cao Cao was also an established poet who contributed to reshaping the poetry style of his time. The Red Cliffs reappear in print #81. (October 1885)
4	[[File:|thumb|180px]]	The Gion District (Gionmachi)	Scene from the famous kabuki play Chushingura, the young Oishi Rikiya delivers a letter containing news about the forty-seven Ronin to the Ichiriki Teahouse in Kyoto where his father, Oishi Yuranosuke, is secretly organizing a vendetta to avenge his master’s death. (printed October 1885)
5	[[File:|thumb|180px]]	Woman watching the shadow of a pine branch cast by the moon	This picture illustrates a verse by the celebrated haiku master Takarai Kikaku (1661-1707): "Bright moon - across the tatami mats shadows of pine branches" (printed October 1885). Stevenson* points out that, based on the hairstyle, the round uchiwa fan, and several other style elements, this design probably is a homage to Utamaro (1754-1806)
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